MLB
Thursday?s games
National League
Diamondbacks @ Nationals
Ray is 1-2, 8.39 in his last five starts; four of his last five road starts stayed under. Arizona is 4-11 in his road starts.
Ross is 0-1, 4.91 in his last three starts; over is 5-2-1 in his last eight. Washington won three of his last four home starts.
Arizona lost eight of last 12 games; nine of last ten Arizona road games stayed under. Nationals are 9-4 in last 13 home games; under is 6-2 in Washington?s last eight home games.
Cubs @ Pirates
Zastryzay is a very hard name to type; he is making his first MLB start. He?s allowed two runs in 12.1 IP in seven MLB relief stints, was 7-3, 4.33 in 14 AAA starts.
Nova is 0-2, 9.00 in his last three starts (under 6-3-1 with Pirates). Pittsburgh is 3-2 in his home starts.
Chicago won seven of last nine games; four of their last five games went over. Pirates lost seven of last nine home games; over is 11-6 in Pittsburgh?s last 17 home games.
Phillies @ Braves
Hellickson is 2-3, 5.05 in his last six starts; under is 11-4-2 in his last 17. Phillies lost his last three road starts.
Collmenter is 2-0, 3.00 in two starts this year (over 2-0).
Phillies lost eight of last nine road games; last nine Philly games went over total. Atlanta won nine of last ten games; over is 12-2-1 in last 15 Brave games.
Reds @ Cardinals
Straily is 3-0, 2.61 in his last three starts; over is 8-3 in his last 11. Reds are 4-2 in his last six road starts.
Reyes is 2-0, 2.38 in four starts this year (under 3-1).
Reds won four of last five games; over is 8-5 in their last 13 games. St Louis lost five of last seven games; six of last eight Cardinal home games stayed under the total.
Dodgers @ Padres
Urias is 3-0, 2.08 in his last five starts; his last four stayed under. Dodgers are 2-4 in his road starts.
Friedrich is 1-1, 2.84 in his last three starts; four of his last five stayed under. Padres lost five of his last seven home starts.
Dodgers won eight of last 12 games; under is 9-6 in Dodgers? last 15 road games. San Diego won four of last five games; under is 6-4 in their last ten home games.
Rockies @ Giants
Gray is 1-3, 5.63 in his last four starts; over is 6-3 in his last nine. Rockies are 1-6 in his last seven road starts.
Cueto is 3-0, 1.69 in his last three starts; he missed his last start with a leg injury. Over is 7-3 in his last ten starts. Giants are 9-4 in his home starts.
Rockies lost eight of last nine road games; over is 10-6 in their last 16 road games. San Francisco is 6-10 in last 16 games; under is 10-5 in their last 15 home games.
American League
Red Sox @ New York
Owens is 0-1, 7.79 in four starts (over 3-1).
Sabathia is 1-0, 1.96 in his last three starts; six of his last seven stayed under. New York lost five of his last seven home starts.
Red Sox won 11 of last 13 games; under is 8-2 in their last ten games. New York won its last three games; five of last seven NY home games stayed under the total.
Orioles @ Blue Jays
Jimenez is 2-1, 3.49 in his last four starts; under is 4-2-1 in his last seven. Orioles are 3-7 in his road starts.
Stroman is 0-2, 2.37 in his last three starts; his last four stayed under. Toronto won five of his last six home starts.
Orioles won four of last five games; last 11 Baltimore games stayed under the total. Toronto won four of last six games; under is 6-2-1 in their last nine home games.
Indians @ Tigers
Merritt has allowed one run in six IP in three MLB relief stints. he was 11-8, 3.70 in 24 AAA starts this year.
Norris is 2-0, 4.19 in his last six starts (over 5-1). Detroit is 4-3 in his home starts.
Indians lost four of last five games; four of their last five games went over. Detroit is 7-3 in its last ten games; six of Tigers? last seven games went over the total.
Twins @ Royals
Gibson is 0-2, 4.50 in his last two starts; over is 9-1-1 in his last 11. Twins won five of his last seven road starts.
Duffy is 1-2, 6.75 in his last six starts (over 6-0). Royals are 11-3 in his home starts.
Minnesota lost 10 of last 11 games; under is 9-2-1 in their last 12 road games. Royals won last five home games; over is 11-4-1 in their last 16 home games.
Rays @ White Sox
Archer is 0-2, 3.51 in his last four starts; under is 4-2-1 in his last seven. Rays are 3-9 in his last 12 road starts.
Quintana is 2-1, 4.00 in his last four starts; his last six starts went over the total. Chicago won his last six home starts.
Rays lost nine of last ten games; under is 8-2-2 in their last 12 road games. Chicago won their last five games; seven of White Sox? last ten games went over.
A?s @ Mariners
Graveman is 0-2, 7.79 in his last three starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. A?s lost four of his last five road starts.
Miranda is 4-1, 3.72 in his last five starts; over is 6-1-1 in his last eight. Seattle is 3-2 in his home starts.
Oakland lost eight of last nine games; they?re 2-8 in last ten road series openers. Over is 8-2-1 in their last 11 road games. Seattle won five of its last seven games, is 15-10 in home series openers. Over is 8-5 in his last 13 home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Az-Wash? Ray 11-20; Ross 11-7
Chi-Pitt? Zasretzay 0-0; Nova 7-3/7-8
Phil-Atl? Hellickson 17-14; Collmenter 2-0
Cin-StL? Straily 19-11; Reyes 2-2
LA-SD? Urias 9-5; Friedrich 8-14
Col-SF? Gray 12-16; Cueto 22-9
Bos-NY? Owens 3-1; Sabathia 14-15
Balt-Tor? Jimenez 12-12; Stroman 14-17
Cle-Det? Merritt 0-0; Norris 7-5
Min-KC? Gibson 11-13; Duffy 17-8
TB-Chi? Archer 9-23; Quintana 17-14
A?s-Sea? Graveman 14-16; Miranda 4-5
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Az-Wash? Ray 8-31; Ross 6-18
Chi-Pitt? Zasretzay 0-0; Nova 6-25
Phil-Atl? Hellickson 9-31; Collmenter 1-2
Cin-StL? Straily 8-30; Reyes 1-4
LA-SD? Urias 3-14; Friedrich 7-22
Col-SF? Gray 11-28; Cueto 6-31
Bos-NY? Owens 1-4; Sabathia 6-29
Balt-Tor? Jimenez 12-24; Stroman 7-31
Cle-Det? Merritt 0-0; Norris 1-12
Min-KC? Gibson 13-24; Duffy 7-25
TB-Chi? Archer 13-32; Quintana 8-31
A?s-Sea? Graveman 5-30; Miranda 4-9
Umpires
Az-Wash? Last three Culbreth games stayed under.
Chi-Pitt? Five of last six Gorman games stayed under.
Phil-Atl? Favorites won six of last seven Cuzzi games.
Cin-StL? Underdogs are 7-4 in last eleven Miller games.
LA-SD? Road team is 17-7 last 24 Scott games.
Col-SF? Four of last five Kulpa games went over.
Bos-NY? Seven of last nine Porter games stayed under.
Balt-Tor? Three of last four Hernandez games stayed under.
Cle-Det? Over is 6-3-1 in last ten Reynolds games.
Min-KC? Seven of last nine Winters games went over.
TB-Chi? Five of last seven Hickox games stayed under.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/28
Arizona 28-40-11?..34-39-6??.62-78
Atlanta 29-40-11?..27-36-13??56-76
Cubs 41-26-10??48-24-10?..89-50
Reds 26-45-9??35-38-5??.61-83
Colo 30-37-13?..36-36-4??..66-73
LA 31-35-11??49-25-8??.79-60
Miami 32-34-10?..35-29-17??.67-63
Milw 28-42-10??41-29-10?..69-71
Mets 34-45-10??39-29-12??73-64
Philly 26-35-19?..30-34-14??56-69
Pitt 25-41-13?..43-29-8??68-69
St. Louis 37-37-7??29-35-13??.66-72
SD 24-50-5?..37-35-8??..61-85
SF 36-37-9??.39-23-14??75-60
Wash 40-24-17?.30-25-22??69-49
Orioles 30-39-9??.40-34-8??.70-73
Boston 35-33-12??45-23-9??.80-56
White Sox 33-37-10??.41-31-7??..74-68
Cleveland 39-29-10??39-32-8??..78-61
Detroit 32-33-12??.35-38-5??..67-71
Astros 30-35-14?..36-34-8??..66-69
KC 29-40-13??33-28-15??62-68
Angels 33-41-7??.30-35-13??.63-76
Twins 29-38-14??.26-41-15?..55-79
NYY 27-44-9??35-31-14??..62-75
A?s 27-43-8??28-36-17??55-78
Seattle 40-30-11??35-28-13??75-58
Tampa Bay 28-34-14??35-36-12??63-70
Texas 29-40-12??.38-30-9??67-70
Toronto 46-27-5??..45-30-6??91-57
Thursday?s games
National League
Diamondbacks @ Nationals
Ray is 1-2, 8.39 in his last five starts; four of his last five road starts stayed under. Arizona is 4-11 in his road starts.
Ross is 0-1, 4.91 in his last three starts; over is 5-2-1 in his last eight. Washington won three of his last four home starts.
Arizona lost eight of last 12 games; nine of last ten Arizona road games stayed under. Nationals are 9-4 in last 13 home games; under is 6-2 in Washington?s last eight home games.
Cubs @ Pirates
Zastryzay is a very hard name to type; he is making his first MLB start. He?s allowed two runs in 12.1 IP in seven MLB relief stints, was 7-3, 4.33 in 14 AAA starts.
Nova is 0-2, 9.00 in his last three starts (under 6-3-1 with Pirates). Pittsburgh is 3-2 in his home starts.
Chicago won seven of last nine games; four of their last five games went over. Pirates lost seven of last nine home games; over is 11-6 in Pittsburgh?s last 17 home games.
Phillies @ Braves
Hellickson is 2-3, 5.05 in his last six starts; under is 11-4-2 in his last 17. Phillies lost his last three road starts.
Collmenter is 2-0, 3.00 in two starts this year (over 2-0).
Phillies lost eight of last nine road games; last nine Philly games went over total. Atlanta won nine of last ten games; over is 12-2-1 in last 15 Brave games.
Reds @ Cardinals
Straily is 3-0, 2.61 in his last three starts; over is 8-3 in his last 11. Reds are 4-2 in his last six road starts.
Reyes is 2-0, 2.38 in four starts this year (under 3-1).
Reds won four of last five games; over is 8-5 in their last 13 games. St Louis lost five of last seven games; six of last eight Cardinal home games stayed under the total.
Dodgers @ Padres
Urias is 3-0, 2.08 in his last five starts; his last four stayed under. Dodgers are 2-4 in his road starts.
Friedrich is 1-1, 2.84 in his last three starts; four of his last five stayed under. Padres lost five of his last seven home starts.
Dodgers won eight of last 12 games; under is 9-6 in Dodgers? last 15 road games. San Diego won four of last five games; under is 6-4 in their last ten home games.
Rockies @ Giants
Gray is 1-3, 5.63 in his last four starts; over is 6-3 in his last nine. Rockies are 1-6 in his last seven road starts.
Cueto is 3-0, 1.69 in his last three starts; he missed his last start with a leg injury. Over is 7-3 in his last ten starts. Giants are 9-4 in his home starts.
Rockies lost eight of last nine road games; over is 10-6 in their last 16 road games. San Francisco is 6-10 in last 16 games; under is 10-5 in their last 15 home games.
American League
Red Sox @ New York
Owens is 0-1, 7.79 in four starts (over 3-1).
Sabathia is 1-0, 1.96 in his last three starts; six of his last seven stayed under. New York lost five of his last seven home starts.
Red Sox won 11 of last 13 games; under is 8-2 in their last ten games. New York won its last three games; five of last seven NY home games stayed under the total.
Orioles @ Blue Jays
Jimenez is 2-1, 3.49 in his last four starts; under is 4-2-1 in his last seven. Orioles are 3-7 in his road starts.
Stroman is 0-2, 2.37 in his last three starts; his last four stayed under. Toronto won five of his last six home starts.
Orioles won four of last five games; last 11 Baltimore games stayed under the total. Toronto won four of last six games; under is 6-2-1 in their last nine home games.
Indians @ Tigers
Merritt has allowed one run in six IP in three MLB relief stints. he was 11-8, 3.70 in 24 AAA starts this year.
Norris is 2-0, 4.19 in his last six starts (over 5-1). Detroit is 4-3 in his home starts.
Indians lost four of last five games; four of their last five games went over. Detroit is 7-3 in its last ten games; six of Tigers? last seven games went over the total.
Twins @ Royals
Gibson is 0-2, 4.50 in his last two starts; over is 9-1-1 in his last 11. Twins won five of his last seven road starts.
Duffy is 1-2, 6.75 in his last six starts (over 6-0). Royals are 11-3 in his home starts.
Minnesota lost 10 of last 11 games; under is 9-2-1 in their last 12 road games. Royals won last five home games; over is 11-4-1 in their last 16 home games.
Rays @ White Sox
Archer is 0-2, 3.51 in his last four starts; under is 4-2-1 in his last seven. Rays are 3-9 in his last 12 road starts.
Quintana is 2-1, 4.00 in his last four starts; his last six starts went over the total. Chicago won his last six home starts.
Rays lost nine of last ten games; under is 8-2-2 in their last 12 road games. Chicago won their last five games; seven of White Sox? last ten games went over.
A?s @ Mariners
Graveman is 0-2, 7.79 in his last three starts; under is 7-2 in his last nine. A?s lost four of his last five road starts.
Miranda is 4-1, 3.72 in his last five starts; over is 6-1-1 in his last eight. Seattle is 3-2 in his home starts.
Oakland lost eight of last nine games; they?re 2-8 in last ten road series openers. Over is 8-2-1 in their last 11 road games. Seattle won five of its last seven games, is 15-10 in home series openers. Over is 8-5 in his last 13 home games.
Teams? record when this pitcher starts:
Az-Wash? Ray 11-20; Ross 11-7
Chi-Pitt? Zasretzay 0-0; Nova 7-3/7-8
Phil-Atl? Hellickson 17-14; Collmenter 2-0
Cin-StL? Straily 19-11; Reyes 2-2
LA-SD? Urias 9-5; Friedrich 8-14
Col-SF? Gray 12-16; Cueto 22-9
Bos-NY? Owens 3-1; Sabathia 14-15
Balt-Tor? Jimenez 12-12; Stroman 14-17
Cle-Det? Merritt 0-0; Norris 7-5
Min-KC? Gibson 11-13; Duffy 17-8
TB-Chi? Archer 9-23; Quintana 17-14
A?s-Sea? Graveman 14-16; Miranda 4-5
# of time pitcher allows 1+ runs in first inning:
Az-Wash? Ray 8-31; Ross 6-18
Chi-Pitt? Zasretzay 0-0; Nova 6-25
Phil-Atl? Hellickson 9-31; Collmenter 1-2
Cin-StL? Straily 8-30; Reyes 1-4
LA-SD? Urias 3-14; Friedrich 7-22
Col-SF? Gray 11-28; Cueto 6-31
Bos-NY? Owens 1-4; Sabathia 6-29
Balt-Tor? Jimenez 12-24; Stroman 7-31
Cle-Det? Merritt 0-0; Norris 1-12
Min-KC? Gibson 13-24; Duffy 7-25
TB-Chi? Archer 13-32; Quintana 8-31
A?s-Sea? Graveman 5-30; Miranda 4-9
Umpires
Az-Wash? Last three Culbreth games stayed under.
Chi-Pitt? Five of last six Gorman games stayed under.
Phil-Atl? Favorites won six of last seven Cuzzi games.
Cin-StL? Underdogs are 7-4 in last eleven Miller games.
LA-SD? Road team is 17-7 last 24 Scott games.
Col-SF? Four of last five Kulpa games went over.
Bos-NY? Seven of last nine Porter games stayed under.
Balt-Tor? Three of last four Hernandez games stayed under.
Cle-Det? Over is 6-3-1 in last ten Reynolds games.
Min-KC? Seven of last nine Winters games went over.
TB-Chi? Five of last seven Hickox games stayed under.
Teams? records in first five innings:
Team (road-home-total)- thru 9/28
Arizona 28-40-11?..34-39-6??.62-78
Atlanta 29-40-11?..27-36-13??56-76
Cubs 41-26-10??48-24-10?..89-50
Reds 26-45-9??35-38-5??.61-83
Colo 30-37-13?..36-36-4??..66-73
LA 31-35-11??49-25-8??.79-60
Miami 32-34-10?..35-29-17??.67-63
Milw 28-42-10??41-29-10?..69-71
Mets 34-45-10??39-29-12??73-64
Philly 26-35-19?..30-34-14??56-69
Pitt 25-41-13?..43-29-8??68-69
St. Louis 37-37-7??29-35-13??.66-72
SD 24-50-5?..37-35-8??..61-85
SF 36-37-9??.39-23-14??75-60
Wash 40-24-17?.30-25-22??69-49
Orioles 30-39-9??.40-34-8??.70-73
Boston 35-33-12??45-23-9??.80-56
White Sox 33-37-10??.41-31-7??..74-68
Cleveland 39-29-10??39-32-8??..78-61
Detroit 32-33-12??.35-38-5??..67-71
Astros 30-35-14?..36-34-8??..66-69
KC 29-40-13??33-28-15??62-68
Angels 33-41-7??.30-35-13??.63-76
Twins 29-38-14??.26-41-15?..55-79
NYY 27-44-9??35-31-14??..62-75
A?s 27-43-8??28-36-17??55-78
Seattle 40-30-11??35-28-13??75-58
Tampa Bay 28-34-14??35-36-12??63-70
Texas 29-40-12??.38-30-9??67-70
Toronto 46-27-5??..45-30-6??91-57
